Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-11
sAiS IN rHs ROnrn wssr.

Loss OF L,fs and Property by the wind storm
which Accompanied the fsain.
Tuesday nights storm was pretty general
throughout the northwest, according to re.
ports received At the railway otliccs and gov.
eminent signal station. Al Milwauk ee, Green
hay and 81 Paul the rainfall was . quarter
Of an inch. Al Duluth and La Crosse only
triile Of rain was reported. Rain was re-
ported wednesday from the Hastings and
Dakota divisions OF the Chicago Milwaukee
4 st. Paul railroad. The long drought In
Wisconsin may he considered a. broken.
Reports from the lumber districts, whore
forest fires were raging, are TO the effect that
the rain hrs checked the progress OF the
flames and given relief for the time being.
Specials to the Erening WISCONSIN,, from the
interior of the s.ae. indicate that the wind
storm which accompanied the rain wEs very
violent, and that much daMsge had resulted
In consequences In the vicinity Of Wsupup,
hsystacks and bsrns were ievelled on all
sides. A number Of new buildings ON the
farm Of John Burnhsm, OF Milwaukee, were
completely demolished.
Frank johnson, farmer, living two miles
south Of Waupun, was buried under the
debris Of his barn and killed. At Portage .
large number of buildings on the fair grounds
were demolished, and the corn crop In that
section almost ruined. number Of bridges
in Fon Du Lac county were swept away.
At Horizon number OF buildings were
unrooied. A regular panic ensued on Hori.
con Marsh, which was filed with hay.
makers when the storm struck, and tents,
wagons, haysfacks, Nc, were sent flying In
/ every direction. One report says ak men
were killed, but this Is undoubtedly q mis-.
| take, and arose from the fact that the barn OF
Fred PegAlow was wrecked near Rolling
| Prairie, and six head OF cattle killed. lgna
| thus Jsntz, q farmer, Was killed by Lightning
| near Ripon.
Apple and other trees in the path OF the
storm were stripped Of the fruit. The rain
has swollen the streams in Eau Claire county.
and the prospect of moving the hung up log
/ drives is good. At Mssonville, Wood county,
lightning struck the barn OF J. r. Kohlf, de-
stroy ing 1t together with several head OF live
L stock, buggy, 30 tons of hay, nine scres OF
wheat and lot OF farming utensils The loss
i Is fully g. 800,
A gentleman who travelled through the
burning Thumb " OF the lower rsninsular
in Michigan, Gays meadow and bush fires
mites Of fencing have been destroyed Sew.
| eral barns and . number of cattle are re.
| ported burned in the interior, but definite
| news has not yet been received. At nigh
| the scene is wild and weird. Isolated houses
| stand In the centre OF burning fields, and
their destruction seems certain. ast week
| Bad Axe seemed dComed, but . sudden
| change OF wind drove the tire away. The
farmers are suffering greatly.
At the :Straits OF Mackinsc the smoke 1.
dense. Much trouble 10 experienced by YES
sells in making the passage. In many part,
| OF the state the fires are small and scattered
| but the total loss will he heavy.
A Chicago Inter ocean special from X an
/ kakee, Ill, says The Kank ak ee Hamps anC
surrounding forests are on fire, aud muct
farm property Ii being damaged.